﻿#if NETSTANDARD

//
// System.Configuration.IConfigurationSectionHandler.cs
//
// Author:
//   Christopher Podurgiel (cpodurgiel@msn.com)
//
// (C) Chris Podurgiel
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using System.Xml;

namespace System.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Summary description for IConfigurationSectionHandler.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IConfigurationSectionHandler
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Creates a new configuration handler and adds the specified configuration object to the collection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="parent">Composed from the configuration settings in a corresponding parent configuration section.</param>
        /// <param name="configContext">
        ///     Provides access to the virtual path for which the configuration section handler computes
        ///     configuration values. Normally this parameter is reserved and is null.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="section">
        ///     The XML node that contains the configuration information to be handled. section provides direct
        ///     access to the XML contents of the configuration section.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        object Create(object parent, object configContext, XmlNode section);
    }
}

#endif